graffito

[ gruh-fee-toh ]

noun

, plural graf·fi·ti [gr, uh, -, fee, -tee].

1. Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
2. a single example of graffiti.

Usage Note

See graffiti.

Word History and Origins

Origin of graffito¹

graffiti

Example Sentences

Each bore a stamp on the handle; the smaller had also a graffito on the rim of the bottom made by a succession of little dots.

From Project Gutenberg

The price of a wreath is given in a graffito as three asses (p. 497).

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For the wineshop in which the graffito was found, see Mau, Bull.

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